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All Blacks captain Kieran Read stated that England can “do what they like” in response to the haka following Eddie Jones’ comments on Thursday.

Ahead of the first Test match between the two sides in four years, England head coach Jones had suggested that he would not notice if it were the Spice Girls playing rather than the haka being performed, adding: “It's got no relevance to me at all."

Read, speaking after Friday's Captain’s Run, stressed that the haka was more about the All Blacks’ bond as a side rather than the response of their opponent, while adding that he would enjoy the atmosphere at Twickenham.

“We do the haka as a challenge but it is more about us connecting as a team. The opposition...

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